Philip

About Philip

I am an electrical engineer enjoying the quiet life in Iowa. My life on-line is routinely interrupted by my family and I like it that way!
Tweet Today is Memorial day. I, like most of you, enjoy having a day off and spending it with friends and family celebrating the beginning of Summer. Wait a second…. The beginning of Summer? Isn’t that on June 20th? You know the Summer Solstice! Then what is Memorial Day? Ah, […]

Memorial Day: Remember

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Tweet If you have found yourself here via CPF then allow me to give you a warm welcome!  I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and say hi. There were many reasons I started to blog. Several are explained on the About page. One of my primary reasons […]

Welcome CPF Readers

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Tweet I am pretty sure there isn’t actually a real medical condition called parenting induced insomnia (PII), but there should be. Technically I guess it should be parenting induced sleep deprivation.  I am pretty sure I could sleep if just given the chance.  Regardless, I thought I would take some […]

Parenting Induced Insomnia

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Tweet Have you ever considered parenting as a group sport? Maybe you should! I am convinced that this parents vs. kids mentality we have in our current culture is not exactly how it was intended to be. Let’s look at this in a little more detail. We will start with […]

Parenting Should be a Group Sport

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Tweet Every once and a while my wife and I get frustrated because our son acts like a three year-old.  Oddly enough, he is.  So why does this surprise us?  That my friend is a very good question.  Yet for some reason we still look a little shocked when he […]

Acting Like A Three Year Old

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Tweet Everyone enjoyed the Healthy Homemade Granola Bars so much I thought I would pull out a few of our other favorite recipes.  I am not sure how often they will show up, but we have a lot and they are fun to share.  Anyway, I am betting the bigger […]

Eggless Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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